The latest news from around the world with Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul. Today, victor, christi. T streets remain quiet protected by a perimeter, heavy Law Enforcement presence, a presence that some members of the Community Welcome and others say is an overcorrection after what they see as failures a year ago. Kaylee hartung In Charlottesville, thank you so much. Listen to this, russian trolls apparently exacerbate the racism in the aftermath of the charlottesville rally last year or they did, blaming the violence on black lives matter. This year there are fears they may try to do the same thing. Former Senior Adviser to president Obamas National Security council is with us. Sam, thank you for being with us. What evidence is there that russia did try to use the division in the u. S. As an opportunity for them . Christi, this is a big weekend for Vladimir Putin. It is a prime opportunity for him to sew divisions and create confusion in the United States which we know are two key te
to do. what is correct, al to understand here the people that could lose their clearance yet, either have been highly critical of the president or are tried to the russian investigation in some way. the washington post is reporting documents to strip their clearance are ready for the president to sign. we will begin with cnn sarah west wood, what are you learning ability what is ahead in terms of security clearances? reporter: well, president trump is following that backlash from john brennan. former intelligence officials are speak out against the press dent this might set as the white house is struggling to explain the reasoning behind that decision. this is coming as the washington post is reporting like you mentioned the president is considering stripping the security clearances of at least thin other officials who are connected in various ways to the russia investigation. 60 ex-cia officials have spoken
whether their security clearances will get revoked. we will see. sarah westwood, thank you so much. earlier i spoke to our global affairs analyst. she told us, there s a process normally, a protocol for revoking security clearances, but president trump doesn t seem to be following it. there s actually normally a procedure that you go through. if you are a government employee and you are having your security clearance reviewed because of some sort of either allegation that you have mishandled classified information or perhaps you have misbehaved in your private life. you have had a drunk driving accident. then you are first notified of this review and you are able to fight it and appeal it and you can even go to court. the way the president has done this, it seems there hasn t been any sort of procedure followed beyond his word from on high. national security lawyers i have spoken to are split. some say he is safe under his article 2 powers of the
earlier this week by the justice department, but in the interim we know that speaker of the house paul ryan has removed him from the house energy and commerce committee and now we know that he will not be running for re-election. just watching for more updates coming and reaction to congressman collins announcement. sarah west wood wood is in n jersey and we ll see if the president will react and get the latest from her in a bit. a new spike lee movie explains how a black police officer in colorado springs was able to infiltrate the kkk in the 1970s, the man who inspired the film joins us next. ortgages, he s less confident. here, yogi. fortunately, there s rocket mortgage by quicken loans. apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently. get approved in as few as 8 minutes.
aren t going to give up. the deadline is still march 5th. and the clock is ticking. julie: the clock has been ticking. i believe the clock ran out some time ago. joining me now sarah west wood from the washington examiner . thank you for talking to us. it seems if you would agree both republicans and democrats will never come to an agreement on immigration. both say they want to strengthen our borders but democrats want to protect the illegals who illegally cross them and some republicans are taking issue with family migration and visa lottery system. what is the alternative if different ideas haven t worked in the past? that s the million dollar question. we saw votes on bills that more accurately reflected what the president has asked for. all of them failed. here is the dilemma. republicans need bipartisan